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N0. 291,525. Patented Jan. 8, 1884,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN' H. LONG, '0E MUNcIE, INDIANA.

FOLDINGTABLE.

`SlllfJIlICA'IJION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,525, datedJanuary 8, 1884.

.Application filed March 22, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, NATHAN H; LONG, a

` citizen ofthe United States, residing at Muncie, in the county ofDelaware and State of Io jects of my improvements are to construct acheap, durable, and convenient table or bench with a rod forming aspring for the folding legs. I attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is aperspective view of my invention combined. Fig. 2 is an end View of thesame with a part broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail view. Fig. 4 is adetail view of the rod,

.and Fig. 5 is a view of the invention folded Similar letters refer tosimilar parts throughout the several views. V

The table-top A is made of wood, of a convenient size and shape. At eachend of the under side of the said top is secured the stay or batten barsIl and a, as shown in Fig. l. l' The side bars, B, and cross-bars t" i GC C C constitute the bench part of my invention when combined with thefolding legs and mechanism. The legs f are pivoted to the ends of thebar 'i' by it being rounded off on the said ends and passing through thesaid legs, as shown at f in Figs. l and 5. The said legs f f are allsecured together by a round, y, so that the upper ends of the legs f aremade to slide over the bar C and notches G', as shown in Fig. 1. Therod, consisting of the parts a b, is secured to the bar G at one end bya screw, a, and at the other end by a staple, e, being secured over it.This rod is bent in the shape most clearly shown in Figs. l and 4, thepart a being made of iron wire, and the part b is made `of spring-wire.The two pieces are connected together at a', as shown in Figs. l and 4.-The round e works between the wirea and bar G, a groove, e', being cutaround the said round, so that the wire Works init, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 4. When the table is standing, as shown in Figs. l and 2,the rod is nearer to the joint c. In moving toward the said joint, theround springs the wire a down slightly, the said spring coming from thepart b, which works freely in the staple c. The spring-pressure on theround c causes the npper ends of the legs f to drop into the notches C',which are cut into the bar C or table-top a few inches apart, so thatthe height of the table can beyaried as desired.

The bench part of my invention is attached to the table-top by one endof the side bars being beveled off, as shown' at B', to fit .in andagainst the ends of the bar t', the other end being fastened by thebatten a, which prevents a longitudinal movement in the bench-frame, andan ordinary hook, S, being hooked to the bar i, preventing the top Afrom being lifted off of the frame.

The rod a b may be attached to the tabletop directly as well 4as to thebar G. The notches C may be cut in the under side of the top, and thelegs f also attached to the top A, so that the table can be made withfolding legs without the bench parts, if so desired. i

The spring-rod, as shown in Fig. 4, may be made of one solid piece ofspring or iron wire of the Vsame form, as shown, (except the joint a.)

By the foregoing specification it can be seen that my improvements areadapted to and can be'applied and used as afolding table, bench, orironing-board, as the top can be readily attached and detached from thebench paraat will.

Having thus described my invention, I claim the following, and desire tosecure the same by Letters Patent:

The combination, with the table top provided on each side of its undersurface with notches, of pivoted legs f f Vand legs f2 f2, the latterbeing connected by a grooved roundjfe, and a rod secured to thetable-top, said rod consisting of a rigid wire portion, and aspringwireportion, and adapted to rest in the groove of the round e, substantiallyas set forth.

NATHAN H. LoNG.

Vitnesses:

H. J.` LocKHARr, A. G. ADAMsoN.

